different between passively vs calmly
passively
English
Etymology
From passive +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?pæs.?v.li/
Adverb
passively (not comparable)
- In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
- 2000, Brian D. Wisenden, "Scents of Danger", in Animal Signals: signalling and signal design in animal communication, page 369
- Water flowed passively between tanks via the siphon.
- 2007, Klaus Dieter Budras, et al., Anatomy of the Dog, page 188
- Due to this pressure aortic and pulmonary valves are opened passively and due to relaxation blood is sucked from the venae cavae into the atrium.
- 2000, Brian D. Wisenden, "Scents of Danger", in Animal Signals: signalling and signal design in animal communication, page 369
- In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
- 1997, Gary A. Olson, Todd W. Taylor, Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition, page 218
- Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively. While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities.
- 1998, Wallace Collins, Dragon Fire, page 9
- They were not waving at him but sat passively as if waiting to hear if what he had to say would be derogatory to their previous relationship.
- 1997, Gary A. Olson, Todd W. Taylor, Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition, page 218
- (grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.
- 2008, Timothy J. Conlan, Alice M. Rivlin, & Paul L. Posner, Intergovernmental Management for the Twenty-first Century, page 214
- Statements phrased in an active voice, with a few outcome-oriented goals, improve school performance more than those stated passively with either multiple goals or goals focused on processes or behaviors.
- 2008, Timothy J. Conlan, Alice M. Rivlin, & Paul L. Posner, Intergovernmental Management for the Twenty-first Century, page 214
Synonyms
- (in a passive manner): automatically, mindlessly
- (in an acquiescent manner): resignedly, submissively
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calmly
English
Etymology
calm +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??(?)m.li/
Adverb
calmly (comparative more calmly, superlative most calmly)
- In a calm manner.
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